Beyond the sunrise / Mary Balogh 384 p.

Beyond the sunrise / Mary Balogh 384 p.

Jeanne Morisette and Robert Blake went through the throes of first love when she was 15 and he, 17.  Her father forbids the romance when Robert's illegitimacy is discovered.  Her final words were so harsh, he joins the military.   During the Napoleonic Wars he rises through the ranks to become a captain.  They meet again when both are spies; and neither knows the other's role; and she doesn't even recognize him.  Even the lies they must tell each other doesn't keep a romance from slowly flourishing.  She especially plays her spy cards close to her chest.  Robert doesn't have a clue as to her real role.  He captures her when he breaks out of a French prison.  Dragging her back to the British lines as a French spy gives them ample opportunity to explore their budding romance.  Interwoven into the romance is the fascinating description of Wellington's masterful defense of Lisbon by using a series of forts, built in secrecy, the Lines of Torres Vedras.